[Users] suddenly message editor toggles to overwrite mode

[Dan Engel]

Have you tried the "Insert" key? That has a non-standard placement on keyboards and often gets put next to other (non-standard) navigation keys like page up/down, etc. where it can be easily fat-fingered. 

On Wed, 8 Jan 2025 19:57:38 +0000
"Pierre A." <pa.news at free.fr> wrote:

> Dear Claws Mail users,
> 
> I use Claws Mail 4.3.0 in Manjaro Gnome.
> 
> Sometimes, while composing a message, the editor toggles to overwrite mode.
> 
> Why? Did I touch some key involuntarily?
> 
> How to toggle back to normal insert mode (apart from restarting Claws Mail)?
> 
> When Claws Mail toggles to overwrite, gedit does not, so I guess the problem is in Claws Mail, not Gnome.
> 
> Sometimes Emacs also toggles to overwrite, maybe because I type some shortcut involuntarily and I know how to toggle back.
> 
> Best regards.
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